The Queen proceeded in state to the City on Saturday,
" opened " Blackfriars Bridge and the Holborn Viaduct, and was received by a great concourse of people, who were universally delighted to see her. The visit was in its way a decided success, and Her Majesty never looked more content with a reception. Next day it was reported that fissures had been discovered in the granite columns which support the lofty bridge by which the Viaduct crosses Farringdon Street, but the latest report from the engineer is that the roadway is safe. Fears were expressed that the foundation was too weak, but it now appears that the defect is in the lower section of several of the pillars. Either the granite is bad, or the two sections were so badly fitted that the lower one has been crushed. Were monoliths unprocurable ?
